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Will the upcoming elections be fair? (JPPI, January 2026)
| General Public | |
| Confident they will be fair | 65% |
| Not confident they will be fair | 31% |
| DK | 4% |
How convinced are you that the public and the political parties will accept the election results? (JPPI, January 2026)
| Confidence level | IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General public |
| Very confident | 20% | 15% | 19% |
| Somewhat confident | 39% | 33% | 38% |
| Somewhat not confident | 27% | 27% | 27% |
| Not confident at all | 9% | 18% | 11% |
| Don’t know | 5 | 7 | 6 |
Should Netanyahu be investigated? (JPPI, January 2026)
| General public | |
| In favor | 47% |
| Against | 53% |
When thinking about “Qatargate,” which of the following is closest to your view? (JPPI, January 2026)
| IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| It is very serious, perhaps even more than we know | 47% | 33% | 44% |
| It is serious, but its importance is exaggerated | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| It is troubling, but not very serious | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| It doesn’t really amount to much | 14% | 5% | 12% |
| DK | 4% | 27% | 9% |
When thinking about “Qatargate,” which of the following is closest to your view? (JPPI, January 2026)
| IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| There is no choice: the prime minister’s possible involvement must be investigated | 45% | 54% | 47% |
| The prime minister might be involved, but under the current circumstances it is preferable not to open another investigation against him | 11% | 13% | 11% |
| There is no reason to investigate the prime minister | 38% | 5% | 31% |
| DK | 7% | 28% | 11% |
Should President Herzog issue a pardon to Prime Minister Netanyahu that will halt the criminal proceedings against him, so that he can continue as prime minister without any distraction? (Israeli Voice Index, November 30-December 5, 2025)
| IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Certain he should | 25% | 6% | 22% |
| Think he should | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| Think he should not | 15% | 27% | 17% |
| Certain he should not | 34% | 29% | 33% |
Should President Herzog issue a pardon to Prime Minister Netanyahu that will halt the criminal proceedings against him, so that he can continue as prime minister without any distraction? (Israeli Voice Index, November 30-December 5, 2025)
| IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Certain he should | 25% | 6% | 22% |
| Think he should | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| Think he should not | 15% | 27% | 17% |
| Certain he should not | 34% | 29% | 33% |
Should President Herzog issue a pardon to Prime Minister Netanyahu that will halt the criminal proceedings against him, so that he can continue as prime minister without any distraction? (Israeli Voice Index, November 30-December 5, 2025)
| IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Certain he should | 25% | 6% | 22% |
| Think he should | 18% | 24% | 19% |
| Think he should not | 15% | 27% | 17% |
| Certain he should not | 34% | 29% | 33% |
How would you rate Israel’s current leadership in terms of corruption, where 1 = very corrupt and 5 = not at all corrupt? (Israeli Voice Index, November 30-December 5, 2025)
| Rating of Corruption | IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public |
| 1 – Very corrupt | 37% | 17% | 34% |
| 2 – Quite corrupt | 21% | 24% | 22% |
| 3 – Moderately corrupt | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| 4 – Not so corrupt | 12% | 20% | 13% |
| 5 – Not at all corrupt | 9% | 16% | 11% |
| Don’t know | 4% | 6% | 3% |
Is corruption in Israel widespread or not widespread? [not exact question wording] (Gallup World Poll, 2020)
| Widespread | 58% |
| Not widespread | 42% |
How do you feel about the state of democratic governance in Israel in the foreseeable future? (Israeli Voice Index, April 2020)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
January 2020 | April 2020 | |||||
| Very optimistic | 7% | 5.8% | 6.8% | 10..8% | 2.8% | 9.5% |
| Moderately optimistic | 34.8% | 34.1% | 34.6% | 38.4% | 23.6% | 36% |
| Moderately pessimistic | 38.6% | 25.0% | 36.4% | 30.9% | 33.5% | 31.3% |
| Very pessimistic | 13.8% | 23.8% | 15.5% | 12.3% | 18.4% | 13.3% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 5.8% | 11.4% | 6.7% | 7.6% | 21.8% | 9.9% |
There are countries-Belgium, for example-in which those who do not vote in the elections pay a fine. Would you support or oppose making it so that those in Israel who do not vote would also have to pay a fine? (Israeli Voice Index, January 2020)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Strongly oppose | 25.3% | 30.2% | 26.1% |
| Moderately oppose | 28.0% | 31.3% | 28.6% |
| Moderately support | 23.2% | 17.7% | 22.3% |
| Strongly support | 17.0% | 10.9% | 16.0% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 6.5% | 10.0% | 7.1% |
What, in your opinion, is the main issue that will affect how Israelis vote in the upcoming Knesset elections? (Israeli Voice Index, January 2020)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| The cost of living and of housing | 19.0% | 33.2% | 21.3% |
| The security situation | 18.9% | 11.3% | 17.7% |
| The Netanyahu investigations | 34.1% | 21.4% | 32.0% |
| Religion and state issues | 12.0% | 2.6% | 10.4% |
| Jewish-Arab relations in the country | 4.3% | 21.9% | 7.2% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 11.7% | 9.5% | 11.4% |
To what extent do you have or not have trust in the propriety of the Knesset elections, that is, that the results to be announced will accurately reflect the voting of the public? (Israeli Voice Index, January 2020)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| I have full trust in the propriety of the elections | 18.4% | 13.9% | 17.7% |
| I have quite a lot of trust in the propriety of the elections | 43.2% | 24.2% | 40.1% |
| I have quite little trust in the propriety of the elections | 25.2% | 37.0% | 27.1% |
| I have no trust at all in the propriety of the elections | 8.5% | 15.4% | 9.7% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 4.7% | 9.5% | 5.5% |
If Israeli elections are held soon, will you vote for the same party you voted for in the elections two years ago?
(The Peace Index, March 2017)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| I'm sure I will not | 12.7% | 20.6% | 14.0% |
| I think I will not | 17.3% | 5.0% | 15.2% |
| I think I will | 28.9% | 10.1% | 25.8% |
| I know I will | 28.3% | 43.6% | 30.9% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 12.8% | 20.7% | 14.1% |
If Israeli elections are held soon, which government will you want to take office after them?
(The Peace Index, March 2017)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Right-wing | 34.4% | 8.7% | 30.1% |
| Center-right | 35.7% | 6.7% | 30.9% |
| Center-left | 21.6% | 16.9% | 20.8% |
| Left-wing | 2.3% | 41.2% | 8.8% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 5.9% | 26.5% | 9.4% |
Do you intend to vote during the upcoming elections?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| I'm sure I will | 75.4% | 49.2% | 71.1% |
| I think I will | 14.1% | 12.9% | 13.9% |
| I don't think I will | 3.3% | 14.3% | 5.1% |
| I know I won't | 3.5% | 21.3% | 6.5% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 3.7% | 2.2% | 3.4% |
Who, in your opinion, is best suited out of all the following individuals to serve as Israel’s next prime minister?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Netanyahu | 34.4% | 8.9% | 30.2% |
| Herzog | 17.7% | 10.1% | 16.5% |
| Bennett | 10.5% | 3.3% | 9.3% |
| Kahlon | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.3% |
| Liberman | 5.3% | 2.5% | 4.9% |
| Lapid | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Livni | 6.3% | 10.5% | 7.0% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 18.9% | 57.3% | 25.3% |
In your view, did the political situation in Israel justify or not justify dissolving the Knesset and declaring new elections?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| I'm sure it justified it | 18.6% | 40.7% | 22.3% |
| I think it justified it | 18.2% | 29.7% | 20.1% |
| I think it did not justify it | 23.9% | 18.7% | 23.1% |
| I'm sure it did not justify it | 31.4% | 5.9% | 27.1% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 7.9% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
Between the following two issues, which is the issue that will determine which party you vote for in the upcoming elections?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| Political-Security | 32.8% | 28.8% | 32.1% |
| Socioeconomics | 40.6% | 35.6% | 39.8% |
| Both to the same extent | 18.0% | 11.7% | 17.0% |
| Other/neither | 4.7% | 11.2% | 5.8% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 3.9% | 12.6% | 5.4% |
In your view, which bloc of parties has the greatest chance to form the government after the upcoming elections?
(The Peace Index, December 2014)
IsraeliJews | Israeli Arabs | General Public | |
| The right wing bloc | 59.8% | 18.8% | 53.0% |
| The center-left bloc | 24.4% | 51.9% | 28.9% |
| Don't know/decline to answer | 15.8% | 29.4% | 18.0% |
In the clash between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss on the readiness of the homefront in the Second Lebanon War a personal or substantive clash? (Maagar Mochot Survey Institute, July 18, 2007)
Personal | Substantive | Other | |
| Kadima voters | 40% | 31% | 29% |
| Likud voters | 56% | 26% | 18% |
| Labor voters | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Yisrael Beitenu voters | 16% | 60% | 24% |
| Total | 36% | 30% | 34% |
Should the elected president Shimon Peres be active in matters of State? (Maagar Mochot Survey Institute, July 18, 2007)
Yes | No | Other | |
| Kadima voters | 61% | 33% | 6% |
| Likud voters | 22% | 74% | 4% |
| Labor voters | 50% | 42% | 8% |
| Yisrael Beitenu voters | 40% | 54% | 6% |
| Total | 39% | 51% | 10% |
Should (Attorney General) Mazuz resign in light of the gap of the gap between the drafts of the charges (against President Katzav) and the plea bargain? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Yes | 42% |
| No | 47% |
| Other | 11% |
What do you think of the plea bargain? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Too harsh | 15% |
| Reasonable | 23% |
| Too easy | 59% |
Do you support the plea bargain? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Yes | 27% |
| No | 69% |
Do you believe those who complained against the President (Katzav)? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Yes | 63% |
| No | 31% |
Was the plea bargain for Mazuz or Katzav? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Victory for Mazuz as the President admitted he engaged in indecent behavior | 17% |
| Katzav won as not charged with rape | 75% |
Was justice in the Katzav affair? (Dahaf, June 29, 2007)
| Yes | 23% |
| No | 73% |
| Don't know | 4% |
Should MK Ami Ayalon join the government? (Israel Radio's "Another Matter", June, 2007)
| Yes | 46.7% |
| No | 27.8% |
| Other | 22.4% |
Do you support the Likud joining in a national emergency government headed by Olmert with Benjamin Netanyahu as Treasury Minister? (Israel Radio's "Another Matter", June, 2007)
| Yes | 45.0% |
| No | 43.2% |
| Other | 11.3% |
Should Amir Peretz remain in the Government today? (IMRA, June, 2007)
| Yes | 25% |
| No | 59% |
| Other | 16% |
What gift would you most like Israel to recieve on its 59th birthday? (IMRA 2007)
| The return of the kidnapped soldiers | 38% |
| Peace with the Palestinians | 30% |
| Improvement in poverty rates | 16% |
| Collapse of the govenment | 12% |
| World Cup Championship | 1% |
Do you support dispersing the Knesset and holding new elections? (Israel Radio, February 14, 2007)
| Yes | 74.4% |
| No | 36.2% |
| Other | 16.4% |
Are you satisfied with the performance of prime minister Ariel Sharon in general? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Yes | 43 |
| No | 42 |
| Don't know | 15 |
Is Ariel Sharon the best prime minister for the time or would you prefer someone else to serve as prime minister in his place? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Best | 46 |
| Someone else | 37 |
| Don't know | 17 |
The son of the prime minister, Gilad Sharon, was recently interrogated by the police yet used his right to remain silent and refused to produce documents. Does he have the right to do this on matters relating to the prime minister? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Yes | 31 |
| No | 55 |
| Don't know | 14 |
Was prime minister Ariel Sharon involved in corrupt acts? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Yes | 44 |
| No | 21 |
| Don't know | 35 |
Voted Likud: (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Yes | 37 |
| No | 34 |
| Don't know | 29 |
Assuming it is demonstrated that Sharon violated the law in various episodes being investigated now, would you prefer he resign or continue? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Resign | 63 |
| Continue | 26 |
| Don't know | 11 |
When you think of the economic situation in the country, is Israel on the correct path? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Yes | 30 |
| No | 50 |
| Don't know | 11 |
There are plans to legislate a law requiring parties with more than 15 MKs and 30,000 members to have the members vote in primaries to elect the list of party candidates for the Knesset. Which method do you prefer? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Central committee makes list | 28.5 |
| Party members vote in primaries | 61.6 |
| No opinion | 9.9 |
To what extent do you count on prime minister Ariel Sharon? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Completely | 17.6 |
| Considerably | 39.4 |
| Not so much | 28.3 |
| Not at all | 14.2 |
| Don't know | 0.4 |
Vote Labor: (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Completely | 5.7 |
| Considerably | 48.8 |
| Not so much | 34.1 |
| Not at all | 8.6 |
| Don't know | 2.9 |
If for some reason the elections are advanced and take place in the coming days, who should head the Likud? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Sharon | 31.8 |
| Netanyahu | 17.7 |
| Mofaz | 16.2 |
| Olmert | 4.7 |
| Shalom | 1.4 |
| None/no reply | 28.3 |
Vote Likud (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Sharon | 48.6 |
| Netanyahu | 23.1 |
| Mofaz | 11.4 |
| Olmert | 1.3 |
| Shalom | 1.6 |
| None/no reply | 14.0 |
And if for some reason the elections are advanced and take pace in a few days and Ariel Sharon decides he won't run again for prime minister. Who should, in such a situation, head the Likud? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 32.9 |
| Mofaz | 24.7 |
| Olmert | 6.1 |
| Shalom | 3.4 |
| None/no reply | 33.0 |
Vote Likud (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 48.3 |
| Mofaz | 22.9 |
| Olmert | 2.9 |
| Shalom | 4.7 |
| None/No Reply | 21.2 |
If Sharon resigns who would you want to replace him as prime minister? (IMRA-Dahaf/YA, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 27 |
| Mofaz | 20 |
| Olmert | 6 |
| Shalom | 5 |
| Livnat | 3 |
Vote Likud (IMRA-Dahaf/YA, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 48 |
| Mofaz | 21 |
| Olmert | 6 |
| Shalom | 1 |
| Livnat | 5 |
Of the following people who you prefer to see as the inheritor of Sharon as chairman of the Likud and their candidate for prime minister? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 22 |
| Mofaz | 18 |
| Olmert | 5 |
| Shetreet | 5 |
| Livnat | 2 |
| Shalom | 2 |
Vote Likud (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 38 |
| Mofaz | 22 |
| Olmert | 7 |
| Shetreet | 4 |
| Livnat | 2 |
| Shalom | 3 |
And if the candidates were Netanyahu and Mofaz? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 34 |
| Mofaz | 30 |
Vote Likud: (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 39 |
| Mofaz | 43 |
And if the candidates were only Netanyahu and Olmert? (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 36 |
| Olmert | 22 |
Vote Likud (IMRA-New Wave/Maariv, August 2003)
| Netanyahu | 56 |
| Olmert | 21 |
And if for some reason the elections are advanced to a few days who should head Labor? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Peres | 28.3 |
| Barak | 15.4 |
| Ben Eliezer | 7.6 |
| Vilnai | 13.6 |
| Burg | 7.5 |
| Shochat | 1.0 |
| None/No Reply | 26.6 |
Vote Labor (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Peres | 17.6 |
| Barak | 28.4 |
| Ben Eliezer | 2.9 |
| Vilnai | 20.0 |
| Burg | 22.1 |
| Shochat | 1.0 |
| None/No reply | 8.1 |
Vote Left (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Peres | 26.3 |
| Barak | 20.7 |
| Ben Eliezer | 1.6 |
| Vilnai | 16.0 |
| Burg | 18.8 |
| Shochat | 1.0 |
| None/no reply | 15.6 |
And if for some reason the elections are advanced to a few days and Shimon Peres decides that he will not run again. who should head Labor? (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Barak | 25.1 |
| Ben Eliezer | 13.1 |
| Vilnai | 15.6 |
| Burg | 8.3 |
| Shochat | 2.4 |
| None/no reply | 35.4 |
Vote Labor (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Barak | 39.8 |
| Ben Eliezer | 6.2 |
| Vilnai | 20.0 |
| Burg | 22.1 |
| Shochat | 1.9 |
| None/No reply | 10.0 |
Vote Left (Source: IMRA-Israel Radio, August 2003)
| Barak | 28.7 |
| Ben Eliezer | 11.6 |
| Vilnai | 16.0 |
| Burg | 18.8 |
| Shochat | 1.0 |
| None/no reply | 23.9 |